Yearly Archives: 2021

PBI-Guatemala accompanies Council of Communities of Retalhuleu assembly meeting

On August 2, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies the community assembly of the Council of Communities of Champerico, Retalhuleu in the village of El Triunfo.” PBI-Guatemala...

Ojibwe water protector Tara Houska shot with rubber bullets paid for by Calgary-based Enbridge Inc.

On August 2, Ojibwe water protector Tara Zhaabowekwe Houska tweeted: “Rubber bullets bought and paid for by Enbridge. Fuck Line 3. For the land,...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies human rights law firm at hearing of retired military officer in the Military Journal case

On August 2 at 11:53 am, Famdegua (the Association of Family Members of the Detained and Disappeared of Guatemala) tweeted: “The hearing scheduled for...

Indigenous community of Huexca demands cancellation of thermoelectric plant that emits black smoke, deafening noise

On July 30, La Jornada reported: “Residents of the indigenous community of Huexca demanded that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the Federal Electricity...

UBCIC Secretary-Treasurer visits Secwepemc land defenders to investigate and assess human rights violations by TMX

Twitter photo, August 1, 2021. On August 1, Secwepemc land defender Kanahus Manuel tweeted: “Chief Judy Wilson, UBCIC Secretary-Treasurer & Neskonlith Indian Band Chief visits...

Canada’s Foreign Minister should read Amnesty International’s new report on Colombia

On July 30, PBI-Colombia tweeted the link to the new report by Amnesty International, Cali: In the Epicenter of Repression. The report begins: “Since 28...

Inuk human rights defender calls for special prosecutor on genocide against Indigenous peoples in Canada

On Saturday July 31, Inuk human rights defender and Member of Parliament Mumilaaq Qaqqaq will be calling on the Canadian government to appoint a...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of Cahabon and CCDA Verapaz that took part in national strike

“The criminalization of human rights defenders is also corruption.”  On July 29, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted “PBI accompanies CCDA Verapaz” and “PBI accompanies...

Indigenous rights defender Abel Barrera Hernández targeted by Pegasus spyware

On July 29, PBI-Mexico tweeted: “The @espacioOSC points out that in #México the acts of espionage revealed by #PegasusProject.” The PBI-Mexico tweet then links to...

Consorcio Oaxaca lawyer Yésica Sánchez Maya was targeted with Pegasus spyware

Yésica Sánchez Maya is a lawyer and human rights defender with Consorcio Oaxaca, an organization PBI-Mexico began accompanying in March 2016. On July 29, PBI-Mexico...
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